Gate.



No. 666,061. PATENTIID 110V. 16, 1006.

' A. E. BECKER.

GATE. AIPLIOATION FILED SEPT.6.1906.

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PATENTBD Nov. 13, l1906.

A. E. BECKER.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1905.

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AUGUST E. BECKER, yOF BARRON, WISCONSIN.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed September 8, 1905. Serial No. 277,580.

To all 'wh/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST E. BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barron, in the county of Barron, State of Wisconsin, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Gates g and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates.

One object of the invention is to provide a gate embodying such characteristics that it may be readily opened from either side by a person in a vehicle without necessarily leaving the vehicle.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a comparatively simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient gate of the character stated.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, siZe, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the invention, illustrating -the position of the parts when the gates are opened. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the U-shaped hangers. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the wheeled weight.

.Referring now to the accompanying drawings, the reference character 1 designates a base of any suitable material designed to be placed across the roadway. This base has at its ends the uprights 2 and 3, connected at their upper ends by a cross-piece 4. The base, uprights, and cross-piece serve as a frame; the reference characters 5 and 6 designating gates having rear Stiles 7 and 8, respectively, extending above their upper edges. The rear Stiles 7 and 8 have upward extensions 9 and 10, that are journaled in the cross-piece 4, and have also corresponding downward extensions that are j ournaled in the base 1, the said upward extensions 9 and 1() passing also through eyes -11 and 12,

that are engaged in the uprights 2 and 3, re-

spectively.

Hangers 13 and 14, which are U-shaped, are suspended by their upper legs 15 from brackets 16, depending from the under face of the aforesaid cross-piece 4, the U-shaped hangers being pivotally mounted in the said brackets 16. It will be observed that the lower leg 17 of each bracket has a broad strip or plate 17, connected thereto in any suitable manner, the inner ends of the strips or plates 17 being reduced transversely, as at 18, so that they may cross, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By reason of the strips or plates 17 being broader than the lower legs 17 of the U-shaped hangers the said lower legs serve as tracks for guiding the grooved wheel 19 depending from which is a frame 20, the frame extending upon both sidesy of the said plates or strips 17 and connected at its lower end to a weight 21. The U -shaped hangers lie normally with their legs in a plane parallel with the plane of the upper cross-piece 4, with the inner ends of the said plates or strips 17 not only overlapping but concaved to form a seat for the wheel 19 to hold the weight 21 normally directly over the .inner ends of the gates 5 and 6 to hold them in their closed position, there being a depending projection 21 secured to the under face of the cross-piece 4 for engagement with the periphery of the wheel 19 at its top to insure the horizontal position of the U-shaped hangers and the Vertical position of the wheels.

Pivotally mounted upon the opposite faces of the cross-piece 4 near the center thereof and one in advance of the other are angular levers 22 and 23. The portion 25 of each anguiar lever is pivoted to a link 27,having connection with the eye 28 of the corresponding U-shaped hanger. It will be observed that the longer portions 29 of the angular levers extend somewhat above the upper edge of the cross-piece 4. The upward extension of the said portion of the angular levers is for the reception of the loops 30 and 31 of the chain or other cable 32, which chain or cable 32 is passed around the pulleys 33 and 34, fixedly secured upon the upper ends of the aforesaid vertical pintles 9 and 10, with their lower faces resting, preferably, upon the upper face of the cross-piece 4, it being seen that the chain or cable 32 is crossed intermediate the said pulleys 23 and 24.

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Extending upwardly from the cross-piece 4- and intermediate its ends is a mast 35, having ties 36 and 37 connected at its upper end, which ties connect with the outer ends of the horizontal arms 36 and 37, arranged in alinement upon opposite sides of the cross-piece 4 and which also aline with the roadway. These horizontal arms 36 and 37 have eyes 38 and 39, respectively, in their outer ends for the reception of an operating-cable 40. erating-cable 40 has weights 41 and 42 at its ends for balancing the gates 5 and 6.

The cable 40 extends upwardly and through a guide 38 at the outer end of the arm 36 and then inwardly and through a guide 43 at the bight portion 44 of the corresponding hanger 14. The cable is continued to the guide 45 at the bight portion 46 of the hanger 13, and then outwardly through a guide in the outer end v of the arm 27, and then downwardly, where it is provided with a weight 42. The cable is connected with the frame of the wheel 19, so that when either end of the cable is pulled downwardly the wheel and the weight 21 connected thereto are shifted laterally.

The normal position of the weight 21 and wheel 19 is directly over the inner ends of the gates 5 and 6. A pull upon the operating-cable 40 at one of its weighted ends will cause a tilt of one of the U-shaped hangers, `compelling the wheel 19 of the weight 21`to ride down to the bight portion of the said hanger, resulting in a pivotal movement of one o f the angular levers, which will cause a corresponding movement of the chain or cable 32 over the aforesaid pulleys 33 and 34 and o en the gates to permit of the passage of a ve icle, it being understood that the weighted end 41 of the operating-cable being counterbalanced This op? by the weighted end 42 of the same will return the gates automatically to their closed position. It is obvious that a pull upon the op osite weighted end of the operating-cable wi open the gates in the opposite direction to permit of the passage through the gate of a vehicle.

What is claimed is 1. A gate comprising a frame, oppositelydisposed gates hingedly mounted within the frame, U-shaped hangers pivotally connected to the frame, a weight designed for movement upon the U-shaped hangers, operating means connected with the U-shaped hangers, and means connecting the hangers and the gates for opening the latter upon operation of the operating means.`

2. A gate comprising a frame, oppositelyf disposed gates hinged within the frame, each gate having its hinged pintle projecting through the upper portion of the said frame, a pulley mounted upon each pintle above said frame, a cable connecting said pulleys, hangers pivotally mounted in said frame, angular levers pivoted upon said frame, and connecting said hangers and said cable, a weight arranged for travel upon the aforesaid hangers, arms connected at opposite sides of vthe frame, and an operating-cable slidably connected with said arms and said hangers for o erating the aforesaid angular lever and the st-mentioned cable to open and close the gates.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST E. BECKER. Witnesses:

F. B. KINsLEY, J. E. BURTON. p 

